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<p>How strong Solar Cycle 24 will be affects all near-term misison planning for low-orbiting missions.</p><br /><p>There's not a strong overall consensus, but overall it would seem that solar cycle 24 is likely to be weak. I tend to lean more heavily on the physical methods, or at least the physical + statistical, since "pure statistical" methods aren't fully accounting for what is known about the sun. Note that if you just consider physical methods, the consensus does appear to be there for a weak cycle, but with some respectable dissenters.</p><br /><p>If anyone's heard the latest, I'm all ears.</p>